Russian strikes left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian households without electricity on Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, while Russian authorities reported major damage to an industrial site after a Ukrainian drone attack on the Nizhny Novgorod region.
The strikes came on the final day of a six-day local ceasefire around the Russian-controlled Ukrainian town of Oleshky. Fighting continued elsewhere along the front line, with both sides maintaining long-range air attacks.
Zelenskyy said Russia had struck power infrastructure in four Ukrainian regions overnight.
“The intensity of the strikes is very high, and the Russians are seeking to maximally exploit the deficit of ballistic missile interceptors,” he said on Telegram.
Zelenskyy also said Ukrainian forces had struck the Kamensky plant in Russia's Rostov region, which he described as involved in producing Russian missiles. Moscow did not comment on the reported attack.
Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces had downed 235 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight Saturday. Ukraine's air force said it had shot down 371 of 433 long-range drones launched by Russia since Saturday evening, with dozens still in the air on Sunday morning. Six separate drone alerts were issued in Kyiv after midnight.
Nizhny Novgorod Governor Gleb Nikitin said a large-scale overnight Ukrainian drone attack caused “significant damage” to an industrial facility, but did not identify the site. The region is home to the NORSI oil refinery, one of Russia's largest, although authorities have not confirmed whether it was the facility damaged in the attack.
The regional government said it was taking steps to keep petrol stations supplied, urging motorists to buy fuel only as needed and avoid panic buying. Russia's Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on terrorism charges over the attack.
Kyiv did not immediately claim responsibility.
On Friday, Moscow said Ukraine had resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries and accused Kyiv of ignoring a request from U.S. President Donald Trump to halt them. Trump has blamed such attacks for pushing up diesel prices ahead of next week's U.S. midterm elections.
Ukraine has said it supports a full ceasefire covering attacks on energy infrastructure, including its own power grid, but accuses Moscow of refusing to agree.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, who oversees the energy sector, told state TV channel Vesti on Sunday that Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries were adding to imbalances in global fuel markets and affecting prices. He did not mention the Nizhny Novgorod attack.
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